The Audacious Book Club: Witness by Jamel Brinkley

Our September Selection

Sep 12, 2023

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The cover of Jamel Brinkley's short story collection, Witness. Down the center of the cover are a series of grey, slightly smudged fingerprints. Toward the top, the book's title and at the bottom, on two lines, the author's name. The background is a gradient from slate blue to yellow.

In the title story of his first collection, A Lucky Man, Jamel Brinkley’s protagonist Lincoln discusses his desire for his wife, Alexis, who seems to both infuse his life with luck and take it with her when she goes. That appetite, he notes, is more complex than sex alone: “Yet he also felt the urge to press the sharps of his teeth against her face, to…

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The Audacious Book Club: Witness by Jamel Brinkley

Our September Selection

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